Chapter 60: No Money Again?

  Qin Lang, who was walking over, heard Hao Wei's words from a distance and felt both amused and puzzled. Clearly buying medicine was his task, but this strange young man seemed to be more enthusiastic than him. Was it just because of that provincial governor's pen?

  "Achoo! Achoo!"

  As soon as Cao Yan approached the Chinese medicinal herbs area, she was stimulated by the special smell of mixed medicinal herbs and sneezed several times. This noblewoman who had been used to a life of luxury and comfort had a sensitive nose that couldn't stand this kind of smell at all. If it weren't for Qin Lang's sake, she would probably have turned around and left immediately.

  Zhu Ganglie couldn't miss the opportunity to show his devotion, and hastily asked if Cao Yan had caught a chill, then pretended to take off his clothes to put on her.

  Unfortunately, Cao Yan didn't take his feelings to heart. After giving him a displeased glare, she covered her nose and said to Qin Lang, "Little Lang, Auntie really can't stand this smell. What do you want to buy? Let's hurry up. If we stay here any longer, Auntie will be dazed by the smell."

  As she spoke, her eyes darted towards the convenience store bag in Qin Lang's hand.

  Obviously, her impatience was not just because she couldn't stand the taste, but more because she wanted to quickly retrieve the package from the convenience store bag.

  Qin Lang nodded in understanding and slightly quickened his pace.

  Hao Wei heard the sound, turned his head to see Qin Lang following up, and winked at him, as if saying, You old man take a rest first, let me go ahead for you.

  Qin Lang walked up to the counter with a faint, indifferent smile.

  Cao Yao Shi finally came back to his senses, looked at Hao Wei and then Qin Lang, his expression becoming suspicious and uncertain, thinking to himself: Could it be that these two country bumpkins really got the money back so quickly?

  He couldn't sit still when he thought of this.

  He knew beforehand that these two turtles couldn't take out the money, so he dared to boast and promised that as long as they took out 200,000 yuan, he would sell them the original 300,000-yuan medicinal materials at a discount, and he would make up for the remaining amount himself.

  But now, if these two turtles really take out the money, can he still afford to pay for the difference of 100,000 yuan from his own pocket? This is obviously not possible.

  Cao Yao Shi immediately made up his mind in his heart. As soon as these two people took out 200,000 yuan, he would immediately turn against them.

  "What are you still hesitating about? Hurry up and take out those two medicinal herbs from just now." Hao Wei saw Cao Yao Shi's expression change, but he didn't react for a long time, so he continued to knock on the counter to urge him.

  The older pharmacist who was checking the account book couldn't bear it anymore. On one hand, he secretly scolded Old Cao for being too greedy and getting a slap in the face, but on the other hand, he wanted to step out and give Pharmacist Cao an excuse. After all, the difference of 100,000 yuan was not a small amount, equivalent to more than a year's salary for them. If they easily changed their words, the customer would definitely make trouble, so they had to mediate carefully.

  Who knew, he hadn't even had a chance to speak when Cao Yao Shi "bang" slammed the teacup on the counter. Standing up and pointing at Hao Wei, he scolded: "What are you yelling about? Just now I gave you guys some face, if you don't know what's good for you, then don't blame me for not being polite."

  Hao Wei saw that the other party still had a vicious attitude, and he suddenly came to fire. Although his fundamental goal was to fawn on the young master, after all, Cao Yao Shi's spearhead was aimed at him. He thought that as a provincial journalist, when had he ever been looked down upon like this? So, his face sank, and he coldly said: "Oh, you still want to be rude to us? Good! You're not being polite, let me take a look. I'd like to see what kind of place this is, a pharmacy or a black shop."

  "Alright, alright, everyone calm down. Doing business should bring prosperity and harmony, prosperity and harmony." The older pharmacist, seeing that the two sides were about to get into a big argument, quickly mediated. Holding onto Pharmacist Cao on one side, he said to Hao Wei: "Young man, you can naturally buy medicine without any problem, but the precondition is that you must prepare the money first."

  Hao Wei restrained his temper and said indifferently: "Don't worry, 200,000 yuan, not a cent less will be deducted from you."

  "How much?"

  Cao Yan let out a cry of surprise, almost thinking she had misheard, in her opinion, a small amount of Chinese medicinal herbs could only be worth a few dollars, so she never thought that Qin Lang would take her for a ride, now hearing the price of 200,000 from Hao Wei's mouth, her face naturally changed immediately.

  She only gets 100,000 yuan from Qin Fengyang every month. Even if she cries poor, she can get at most another 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, and that's not every time she cries poor either.

  She usually spends all the money by mid-month, but this month her expenses were not too high, so now there is still 10,000 in cash and 30,000 to 40,000 left on her card.

  This amount of money compared to 200,000, the gap is not generally big. Most importantly, a small amount of Chinese medicine, is it so expensive? Is this gold?

  However, upon hearing Hao Wei's words, it was not just Cao Yan whose face changed color, but also Zhu Ganglie and Cao Yao Shi.

  Zhu Ganglie heard that it would cost 200,000 yuan and naturally thought he was being ripped off. Of course, whether it was Qin Lang or the people at the pharmacy who were ripping him off, he couldn't tell for a while. But spending 200,000 yuan to buy medicine for an idiot, even if Cao Yan didn't care, he did, this was 200,000 yuan after all!

  As for Cao Yao Shi, there's no need to mention him. He had long made up his mind to renege on the deal. Thinking of buying thirty million worth of medicinal materials at twenty million is just a pipe dream.

  So just as Cao Yan was about to speak, Cao Yao thought of changing his tune and denying the previous 200,000 yuan. But before he could open his mouth, Cao Yan had already expressed her doubts, which made him hear some subtleties, so he didn't rush to speak, secretly sizing up Cao Yan and Zhu Ganglie.

  "It seems that this couple, who are quite particular about their appearance, are the ones who will actually have to pay. But why do they both look so confused? Are they unaware of the 200,000 yuan matter and were simply deceived? Or can't they even come up with 200,000 yuan?" Cao Yao's mind started to wonder, and he began to remain calm and composed. After all, if he were to turn the tables, he would have to lose some face himself, but if the other party couldn't even come up with the money, then not only wouldn't he need to lose face, but he could also ridicule them again.

  "Two million, what's going on?" Hao Wei turned his head to look at Cao Yan, then looked at Qin Lang, looking a bit strange. He thought that since Qin Lang had gone and come back, he must have already gotten the money. After all, this young master's identity was right there, and twenty million was nothing at all.

  Hearing Hao Wei mention 200,000 yuan again, Cao Yan immediately blew up, "200,000? Who are you trying to cheat? What kind of medicine is so expensive, take it out and let me see."

  "Right, I see you two are in cahoots with each other." Zhu Ganglie couldn't help but point at Hao Wei and Cao Yao Shi, cursing: "I've seen many of your kind, pretending to be helping the employer negotiate prices, but secretly colluding with the merchant. Two million, have you guys gone crazy from thinking about money?"

  Hao Wei's face suddenly turned bright red, being accused of being a stooge for no reason, except for "stooge" Tiantian Wang Dongqing, probably nobody can bear it.

  What's more, he clearly saw that the couple was with his "noble person" and should have been comrades on the same front line, but now how did they suddenly turn their spearheads towards their own people and start distinguishing between friend and foe?

  Hao Wei was momentarily stunned, wanting to erupt, but couldn't quite grasp the relationship between this couple and his noble, so he could only force himself to hold back, using his gaze to probe Qin Lang.

  Qin Lang frowned and said to Cao Yan, "It's indeed 2 million."

  Cao Yan immediately put on a worried face: "Xiao Lang, you must have been cheated. These people are taking advantage of your low IQ and want to extort money from you. There's no way the medicine is that expensive, they're clearly scamming you."

  "Right, you can say you're foolish, but you can't be so foolish as to let someone cheat you out of so much money all at once, this is 200,000 yuan we're talking about, not a small amount of money!" Zhu Ganglie also joined in "criticizing and educating" Qin Lang, but the moment he spoke, his words revealed a petty and narrow-minded attitude that was greatly inconsistent with the identity he had presented.

  "Shut up." Qin Lang gave Zhu Ganglie a cold glance.

  Zhu Gang's face changed, but was suddenly pierced by Qin Lang's icy gaze, his heart shrinking abruptly.

  "Whether I've been deceived or not, I'm naturally clear about it in my heart." Qin Lang didn't bother with Zhu Ganglie again and turned his gaze to Cao Yan, "I brought you here to make you pay the money, not to help me uncover a scam. Of course, if you're unwilling to pay this money, you can leave."

  Cao Yan's face fell as soon as she heard this, her eyes fixed on the convenience store bag in Qin Lang's hand. She knew that if she didn't pay up now, she would definitely not be able to get past this idiot and retrieve her bag.

  The problem is that she doesn't have enough money on hand, just a little bit of money, and it's still far from 200,000. Even if she calls Qin Fengyang now, it's too late.

  "Xiao Lang." Cao Yan bit her lip and said: "It's not that Auntie doesn't want to help you pay the money, it's just that... really is..."

  As she went on, she couldn't say it anymore. She thought that as a noble Cao lady, how many years had passed since she last said that there was not enough money? Now she wanted her to say in front of so many people that she didn't bring enough cash with her, she really couldn't open this mouth and lose face.

  "Hmph!"

  Cao the pharmacist couldn't help but burst out laughing, he finally understood that after all this time, this couple who seemed to be dressed up like humans, were actually just poor goods. A mere 2 million, in the eyes of truly wealthy people, wouldn't even make them blink, yet these two people were shouting without regard for their status, clearly they were just pretending to be rich, with empty pockets.

  It can be concluded that Cao Yao Shi's heart has finally fallen back into his stomach. He no longer intends to change his words, anyway, there is no need to change his words at all. Even if it's 200,000, these turtles, still can't afford it.

  "What's wrong? No money?" Cao Yao Shi suppressed a smile, his disdainful gaze swept over Qin Lang and Hao Wei's bodies before landing on Cao Yan. "Looking at the two of you, your clothes are quite decent, but you can't even come up with a mere few hundred thousand yuan, it's really unexpected. I advise you to change into something more suitable, if you don't have money then stop pretending to be rich, otherwise you'll end up losing face."